Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the Vote, Future Majority and Wiretap Magazine, covering the Millennial Generation's perspective during the presidential elections. As a political writer, Burris has had bylines at CNN, Salon.com, BNR, and AlterNet and serves as a senior digital editor for RawStory.com.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas left out additional gifts he received from Republican donor Harlan Crow, and a legal analyst blasted the judge for desperately needing an "emotional support billionaire."
The report also revealed trips that Justice Samuel Alito accepted from Paul Singer.
"I think it has finally put the nail in the coffin in this idea that the Supreme Court can police itself," Gabe Roth, who leads the organization Fix the Court, told MSNBC's Alicia Menendez on Monday.
Legal analyst and NYU law school professor Melissa Murray called the move "Clarence Thomas Clarence-Thomasing" again.
"This is a man who apparently has an emotional support billionaire, and the rest of the country just has to be okay with it," Murray continued.
"But I will say that I think the fact that there has been so much attention paid to this sort of thing, the failure to disclose these gifts, the fact that the justices enjoy quite cozy relationships with individuals who appear before the court and have business before the court, it is making an impact," she said.
She cited a recent report from Accountable.us, another government watchdog group that discovered Justice Neil Gorsuch had a close relationship with someone involved in a case before the court. It was then found that Gorsuch owned property with a company board member.
